Comments

Comment by ookyook

If you loose your little "Wrynn helper", you can simply leave the temple area and then return, and he will respawn.

Comment by Taumma

If you've got the same issue as I had on beta where the Prince dude doesn't do #$%^ to cleanse the pagodas, I HS'd since I had it set in the same zone and just went back to the area and got a new helper and it worked just fine.

Comment by sandriq

If you want to see walkthrough of this quest, click here !I hope it will be useful.Thanks !

Comment by bunnywebit

Just watched my husband solo this as an 87 Arms Warrior. When the maw starts blowing his nasty breath at you, walk through him, you'll avoid the massive damage it does. Died twice before he tried this - easy using this method.

Comment by Sultreee

While trying to complete this quest and dying several times, as a caster I realized I needed to get help. These large "Maws of Despair" each have to be defeated to complete the quest. They cast a debuff that slows your casting speed which also stacks further slowing your speed. With my 87 druid who is geared for healing and using a Boomy to quest, I was not able to complete this solo. I tried to "run through" their "nasty breath" as stated above and was not able to handle the additional adds which also increase with time if you do not quickly kill them.

Comment by Dannis

Solo'd this as an 86 Discipline Priest. Had to keep shield up constantly to absorb add damage and used the walk through the "nasty breath" trick stated above. Once the maw is down run from the adds!.... which will be numerous if you try this as a disc priest.

Comment by BrightBrown

Love to see an 86 solo this! Hell, I had issues and I'm a 90 (just turned yesterday so I'm not even geared for heroics yet). Saw another toon fighting him, so I joined in and cleared both sides easily (mostly because he was essentially tanking him, so I could maximize damage from range... which is what Fire Mages do).

However, many of the quests on wowhead say one gets a good chink of gold at 90... not so, I got only the 10G, not the 77 listed here. And yes, I accepted the quest after I was 90.

Comment by Zentran

As a 87 DK I went this alone and died a numbe of times. Then like the post above I found walking through the MAW did in fact hold down the damage. The other thing I did was the Raise dead and brought up my Army of Dead made short work of the MAW. But still was a fight till the end .

Comment by owizee

Another good way to complete this , if u kill nine shas near the acolylytes u will get the buff that increases hit , haste and a bit of healing so get nine for each and should be easy to solo . Did it this way as 88 holy pally .hope this helps.

Comment by Kedavra

Amazingly easy once i read the post about walking through the Maws, as long as i kept up shield as much as i could. Solo'd on a 87 Shadow Priest.

Comment by whatahever

Abandoned it without help. No one likes the truth on wowhead so you can go ahead and downrate.

Comment by Morscerta

I soloed this as a level 88 Demonology Warlock.

I sent the Wrathguard in, dotted the Maw of Despair and spammed Shadowbolts.

Went to Demonform and hit Doom and then spammed Touch of Chaos.

I ignored the adds and the Maw dropped very quickly.

After Maw went down I used Harvest Life on the adds.

Wasn't difficult.

Hope this helped.

Comment by epicsnakehips

Tricky quest.

Unsure if the pagoda bosses are different but I did struggle on the East Pagoda. Took 3 attempts.

I am a Healer monk Lvl88 quest gear only

I took 3 attempts on this guy, the first 2 ended miserably. Jab/kick and heals were a horrible method as stopping to heal just lets him blast with his breath so healing never kept up with the damage especially when adds arrive.

3rd attempt was success though. I completely ignored trying to heal as I knew it would end in disaster anyway and instead just kept on top of him circling around all the time never stopping my circling at all and used jab/kick only. The circling helped a lot and I noticed he struggles to do any major damage. I also didn't get adds for quite some time . While circling him he actually stops trying to face me when he has to do his breath and this meant I was able to stay away from it really easy as when he stopped trying to face me I knew he was about to breath

I ignored all adds that arrived during the fight but ended fight at about 60% health.

Hope this might be of use to those that can keep moving and damage at the same time.

Comment by Beowolfy

This quest seems impossible for standard fury warrior (level 87) to solo. Can't generate rage quickly enough to hit with enough force before being overwhelmed by adds and Maw. Potions and healing buffs are worthless since their effects can't keep up with damage you take. Tried walking through Maw breath (nice touch Blizzard, if a bit obvious) to no avail. Maybe if warriors could borrow a pet or two? Maybe I'll try punting my marmoset?

Comment by kingerz

This terrible quest area is one you will likely hate right away. The mobs you need to kill are not obvious and are giant blobs on platforms either side of the main building. You do NOT kill the elite in the middle.

Worth doing though as you get a blur belt from the next one in the chain.

Comment by Silarn

This quest will probably surprise you the first time around, but a few basic tactics to deal with the two abilities, "Torrent of Despair" and "Wail of Despair", will get you through it without much trouble.

This is one of the cases when the fight is probably easiest for melee. As melee, you should always have an interrupt, and you can deal reliable damage on the move. Use this. Continually strafing the Maw will allow you do dodge the Torrent every time. The only ability you need to worry about is the Wail, which will summon the minions. Though the minions do heal you when they die, the distraction and additional damage will most likely overwhelm you (either getting hit by the Torrent while distracted or simply not killing them fast enough). If they do spawn, it's best to focus down the Maw and mop them up after. But the better tactic is to HOLD you interrupt specifically for the Wail. Doing so will prevent any adds from spawning, and the wail has a significant delay before it is used again.

It gets a little more complicated as a caster, but the basic strategy is the same. Avoid the torrent (locks and mages can teleport, others may need to just be on their toes) and interrupt the wail. This can be done with a knockback or silence, so it should be possible.

As long as you can nullify the two special attacks, the Maws should fall quickly.

Comment by dakota3

If you have an interrupt, this quest is simple - if you don't, you may need help. After you pull the mob he will cast two abilities;

1. Torrent of Despair, which cannot be interrupted. However you can easily avoid the obvious AOE.

2. Wail of Despair is a channelled spell with a reasonably long cast and MUST be interrupted if you are doing this at a quest appropriate level. Otherwise the mob will summon a mass of adds that will rapidly overwhelm you.

Comment by ClassicTrekker

I'm trying to solo this as a level 87 Hunter...and getting my ass kicked every time. I do all right until the little pests overwhelm me. Suggestions?

Comment by tibbyjudy

Soloed as 87 frost dk. Summoned Army of the Dead. They took all the aggro of the boss and the adds. Super easy.

Comment by judg3

Did this quest easily as an affliction 'lock. Came back on my 88 (boomkin/resto) Druid and have been frustrated beyond reason, cannot get it below 100k HP as the adds and the slower casting rate just murder me. Dumping this quest and hoping that I can meet the August Celestial's another time.

Comment by Jaunter

Solo'd this on my level 88 arcane specc'ed mage. The way to do it is to follow all of the tips listed below.

1) Put Counterspell on a quick hot key. It will be used to interrupt the Wail of Despair. This is the cast that spawns all the adds that quickly overwhelm you. Luckily for us the monster casts this just once during the fight. But it is imperative to interrupt this spell as soon as you see it being cast.

2) When the Torrent of Despair starts being channeled, simply walk right through it (and the monster) to the other side. Then turn around and continue dps'ing and dancing to avoid damage.

3) Use your Mirror Image ability to use as a temporary "tank" to keep the monster off of you while you do your usual dps.

4) Also have Arcane Power up to maximize your dps during the fight.

Tip (1) is the most important one. If the Wail can be interrupted as soon as possible, the fight will be relatively easy, even for squishy mages!

Comment by tehMugwump

Finding this impossible to solo as an 87 Rogue. Died twice and wasn't even close to taking him down. Walked through wall of dispair like others mentioned and lost half my health. And then the adds came... 3 attempts and not even close.

Hate like hell to give up on a quest. This will be the first.

Comment by Jaunter

The boss creature has two main abilities. They can both do a tremendous amount of damage if you don't handle them correctly.

The first one that he will cast is the "Torrent of Despair". It manifests as a "sha" breath that goes out in a cone of damage from the mob's mouth. Just simply stay out of its path or run right through him to the other side to get out of this one. Don't use any precious interrupts you have on this ability.

The second one that he will cast is the "Wail of Despair", the Big Daddy of abilities that will get you killed. And yes, this is the 'whale of damage' he will do to you if you don't interrupt this one. This is the one ability, that if you don't interrupt it, will make you literally wail in despair of ever getting the quest done. THIS ABILITY MUST BE INTERRUPTED AT ALL COSTS.

A rogue's kick, a hunter's silent shot, a mage's counter spell, etc. should be put on a special hot key for instant activation for interrupting this particular cast. In fact, don't use any cool downs or anything else just especially to make very, very sure that your interrupt is ready to go for when he starts his "Wail of Despair". Once this ability is interrupted, the rest is easy. There won't be any of those annoying adds, and you just keep out of the way of his "Torrent of Despair" by the usual kiting methods.

Comment by TheRailgun

wow, if i wait until 90 to do this, i get 65 whole silver more?

FYI, interrupting the Wail of Despair does NOT prevent the adds...i cannot find a way to solo this quest, and i am at max level...i guess i suck so bad i should just quit playing this ridiculously hard and no-longer-even-any-fun "game."

Comment by kerrymayall

Level 86 beast master hunter, ilvl 396 using tenacity pet.

Died first time for being strangely too stationary once I started taking big damage (which i'm not used to in questing I guess). Second time i circle strafed and zerged the Maw down - taking manageable levels of damage. Once the Maw was down just Misdirected adds onto pet and aoe'd them down.

Comment by lightshine

Just did this as 87 Arcane Mage. I died first time, came here and looked at the strats. But when I went up, I just deiced to do something different. I opened hard, with everything up and Mirror Images left up top. Boss went after the images, I stepped down the stairs 2 steps, and the breath would just miss me. I hit him with slow, and started walking backward down the steps, as he and the adds started to come. It only got up to 2 adds, he died, and I just used Scorch and kited the adds up and down the stairs. The entire fight was under a minute, maybe under 30 secs, I dunno, it was fast. Kiting and standing down below him works very nicely. Pretty sure I could have used this same method at 86 or whatever. It really isn't level dependent.

Zazi, 90 BM HunterSeni, 87 MageGrizzly Hills

Comment by enigmabombay

I died a number of times on this quest as an 87 holy priest (ilvl 403) until I finally started using Psyfiend and Psychic Scream to push the Maw (and his nasty breath) away from me but allow me to keep casting damage spells at him. Doing this several times allowed me to kill him, and then I fairly easily dispatched the adds. I also kept Mindbender up during all.

Comment by homelesdruid

just solo'd this on my night elf druid. lvl 86. the trick is to kill one of the guys he spawns. this will give you extra health and a speed buff because of the little guy that's with you. if you look on your buffs when he's with you it says you get a health boost everytime you kill a sha. and the stronger they are the greater the buffs. WOW sure did think about this battle. please up-vote this so everyone can see. died about 20 times before trying this. when i ran in circles i didn't hit as hard as normal. definetely avoid that mist he spits out though. hope this helps

Comment by Celarna

Just did this quest as an 86 Resto Druid the key is to interrupt Wail using Cyclone it will hold the maw in place for 6 seconds allowing you to either heal or kill the adds that it did manage to summon then walk into the breath to avoid the most damage from it. I died 4 times before I figured out what was the best way to do this as a Resto ANYTHING. Just know it can be done and keep trying I hope this helps :D

Comment by Dansepus

Since I only had room in my log for this quest, I was unable to deliver it when it was done. I had to make room in my log for one additional quest, so I could pick up one more from Anduin Wrynn. Then I was able to deliver this quest.

Comment by jyatiz

What I did with my druid was stay in the first step of the stairs, and kill the adds, while Anduin healed me for every add I killed and attack the Maw while going down the stairs to avoid the breath stuff

Comment by ghuda

I completed Sha Can Awe before this one. Now Anduin stays at the refugee camp and won't follow me to the temple and I cannot validate the quest. Any help is appreciated.